Int’l Day of Nonviolence, Anniv. of Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday, & beg. of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence (10/2)

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October 2^nd is…

 

International Day of Nonviolence

& Mahatma Gandhi’s Birth Anniversary

 

 

 

The United Nations General Assembly recently established this day (on June 15^th, 2007).  The very first celebration of the International Day of Nonviolence was observed in Bangkok, Thailand,  by the United Nations’ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP or ESCAP).  IDNV was established to recognize the importance of nonviolence as a way of life and as a tactic of social change; and the day was intentionally planned to fall on the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s date of birth.  

 

 

Read article regarding the UN’s declaration of the Day

 

 

“Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.

It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.” 

– Gandhi

 

 

October 2^nd is also the beginning of…

 The World March for Peace and Nonviolence

http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

The World March for Peace and Nonviolence begins its 93-day global journey on the Internat’l Day of Nonviolence – “asking for the end of wars, the dismantling of nuclear weapons and for an end to all forms of violence (physical, economic, racial, religious, cultural, sexual and psychological).”

 

http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/XX2Xp0qCoGw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0×006699&color2=0x54abd6

Interview with Tony Benn – UK

Britain’s Foremost Socialist

 

 

 

 

http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Zm1f0L8A2qY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0×006699&color2=0x54abd6

Endorsement of Raila Odinga

Prime Minister of Kenya

 

 

For More Info, Visit:

Int’l WM4P Website

USA WM4P Website

 

Related MONTH of OCTOBER Events:  Events: Diversity Awareness Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, National Crime Prevention Month, and LIVESTRONG Day (held on the day survivor Lance Armstrong was dianosed with his cancer).

 

This post was last updated on 10/1/09

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